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Coreen McCubbin is a specialist in automated non-destructive testing (NDT) and metrology, with a research focus on integrating robotics, ultrasonics, and measurement systems for high-value aerospace applications. Her work addresses one of manufacturing's most pressing challenges: how to inspect complex, large-scale components quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively without compromising structural integrity. McCubbin's most influential contribution, "Flexible Integration of Robotics, Ultrasonics and Metrology for the Inspection of Aerospace Components" (2017, 44 citations), demonstrated how advances in robotic manipulator performance could be harnessed to automate NDT of geometrically complex parts — a task previously reliant on slow, dedicated equipment. Her complementary 2016 paper (30 citations) tackled a key bottleneck in this pipeline: data acquisition speed, showing that high-speed instrumentation paired with phased array ultrasonics could unlock the full scanning potential of modern robots. Across her body of work, McCubbin has consistently pushed toward combining NDT and metrology into unified, streamlined workflows, reducing production delays in aerospace manufacturing. Her research on robotic inspection of aircraft wings (2019) further demonstrates her commitment to scalable, real-world industrial deployment. With over 80 citations, her contributions meaningfully advance the field of automated aerospace inspection.